|
|
Public Act 094-0899
|
| HB4217 Enrolled |
LRB094 14539 BDD 49635 b |
|
|
AN ACT concerning libraries.
|
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
represented in the General Assembly:
|
Section 5. The Public Library District Act of 1991 is |
amended by changing Sections 15-5 and 15-15 as follows:
|
(75 ILCS 16/15-5)
|
Sec. 15-5. Annexation of contiguous territory. Territory |
outside of any
district but contiguous to the district may be |
annexed as provided in Sections
15-10 through 15-45, and each |
of these Sections constitutes an independent authorization for |
the annexation of contiguous territory.
|
(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
|
(75 ILCS 16/15-15)
|
Sec. 15-15. Territory included within municipality or |
school district.
|
(a) A district may, by ordinance, annex territory if that |
territory is: |
(1) located within the boundaries of a municipality or |
school district that is included, entirely or partially, |
within the district; |
(2) contiguous to the district; and |
(3) without local, tax-supported public library |
service.
|
An ordinance under this subsection must describe the territory |
to be annexed.
|
Whenever a municipality or school district included entirely or
|
partially within a district has annexed or otherwise includes |
within its
boundaries territory contiguous to the district and |
without local tax
supported public library service, the |
district may annex that territory by
the passage of an |
ordinance to that effect, describing the territory
annexed and |
|
reciting the prior annexation or other inclusion of the
|
territory by the municipality or school district.
|
(b) Within 15 days of the passage of the
annexation |
ordinance, the library district shall send notice of the
|
adoption of the ordinance, a copy of the map showing the |
boundaries of the
territory to be annexed, and a copy of the |
text of the publication notice
required in this Section to the |
president of the board of trustees of each
public library with |
territory within one mile of the territory to be
annexed. |
Within 15 days after the adoption of the ordinance it shall be
|
published as provided in Section 1-30. The board may vacate an
|
annexation ordinance before its publication.
|
(c) The publication or posting of the ordinance shall |
include a notice of
(i) the specific number of voters required |
to sign a petition requesting that
the question of the adoption |
of the ordinance be submitted to the voters of the
district or |
the territory to be annexed or both, (ii) the time in which the
|
petition must be filed, and (iii) the date of the prospective |
referendum. The
district secretary shall provide a petition |
form to any individual requesting
one.
|
(d) If no petition is filed with the library district |
within 30
days after publication or posting of the ordinance, |
the annexation shall
take effect. If, however, within the 30 |
day period, a petition is filed with
the Board of Trustees of |
the library district, signed by voters of the
district or the |
territory to be annexed, or both, equal in number
to 10% or |
more of the total number of registered voters in the district,
|
the territory to be annexed or both, asking that the question |
of the
annexation of the territory be submitted to the voters |
of the territory, the
board of trustees may vacate the |
annexation ordinance or certify the question
to the proper |
election authority, who shall submit the question at the next
|
regular election. Notice of this election shall be given and |
the election
shall be conducted in accordance with the Election |
Code. The proposition shall
be submitted to the voters in |
substantially the following form:
|
|
Shall (description of territory) be annexed to (name of |
public library
district), (location), Illinois?
|
(e) If a majority of votes cast upon the proposition in the
|
district, and also a majority of votes cast upon the |
proposition in the
territory to be annexed, are in favor of the |
proposition, the Board
of Trustees of the library district may |
conclude the annexation of the
territory.
|
(f) If, before the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
the 94th General Assembly, a district has annexed territory |
under this Section and that annexation complies with the |
requirements set forth in this Section, as changed by this |
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, then, for all |
purposes, that annexation is hereby validated, ratified, and |
declared to be in full force and effect from: (i) 30
days after |
publication or posting of the ordinance if no petition was |
filed with the library district under subsection (d); or (ii) |
if a petition was filed, on the date that the district |
concluded the annexation of the territory under subsection (e).
|
(Source: P.A. 87-1277.)
|
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
|